Goodies

MINI Trivia…

1)  Issigonis’s first design sketch for the Mini was drawn on a napkin in Switzerland.

2)  In 1961, racing driver Stirling Moss was banned for a year for speeding in a Mini, allegedly while testing it for a Sunday paper.

3)  In 1964, BMC tested a 2.3-litre Mini with engines at both ends. It was so fast development was dropped.

4)  Rumour has it Issigonis designed the door bins in the original Mini to hold a bottle of gin and several tonics. Or maybe it was just pints of milk.

5)  How many people can you fit in a Mini? The record is 66, apparently.

6)  Longest Mini convoy? 269 cars.

7)  Joanne Westlake was the fi rst person to be born in a Mini.

8)  Actor Kevin Spacey once paid $130,000 for the last classic Mini Cooper to be built.

9)  Most famous death in a Mini? Marc Bolan of T Rex, who was in a crash in a 1275 GT.

10)  The breathtaking escape through the Turin sewers by gold bar-filled Mini Coopers in The Italian Job was filmed in Coventry.

 Famous Owners

John Lennon 
Paul McCartney 
Ringo Starr 
George Harrison 
Peter Sellers 
Noel Gallagher 
Lord Snowdon 
Enzo Ferrari 
Tom Hanks 
Clint Eastwood 
Mike Naismith 
Jackie Stewart 
Steve McQueen 
Twiggy 
David Niven 
King Hussein of Jordan 
Eddie Van Halen 
Marc Bolan 
Spike Milligan (genius)